World Four

A wrecked starship begins a space jump.

This starship had just suffered an attack from the Federation because they had abducted a Federation male insect while the Federation and the Empire were at war.

Both the Federation and the Empire are inhabited by the Zerg race.

In the huge social system of the Zerg, sub-females are responsible for maintaining the overall operation of the society, while females who are good at fighting are responsible for the military field, and males are responsible for comforting females whose spirits are damaged in the military.

If the proportion of females in the Zerg society is 70%, then the proportion of sub-females is 20%, and males only account for 10%.

Due to the disparity in male and female numbers, and the Zerg's primary means of survival in space, the resources of Zerg society have gradually shifted towards males. In certain situations, the will of males can even override Zerg laws. This clearly demonstrates the importance of males in Zerg society.

The identity of the male insect abducted by the pirates is even more special, because he is not only a male insect, but also a student who graduated from a regular military academy of the Federation.

For the Zerg, the battlefield is an important means of obtaining resources.

A low-level male insect can soothe the spiritual seas of ten female insects. His presence will have an encouraging effect on the female insects, so male insects on the battlefield are more precious.

However, due to the importance and uniqueness of male insects to the entire society, although the Federation allows male insects to join military academies like female insects, it will create many obstacles for them during this period, so that they will be eliminated before they go to the battlefield.

A male insect who was admitted to the military academy with his own ability and qualified to go to the battlefield should not have been abducted by space pirates whose weapons and combat power were far inferior to those of the Federation.

This is exactly the case, because Arisa was betrayed by the female insect that he had asked his superiors to protect him during the war.

The female insect who abducted him was Wilson, another female insect cadet of the same class as him who had been specially commended by the Federation before.

This made the federal top brass furious, and they used heavy firepower that should not have been used to attack the starship belonging to the pirates.

However, due to the presence of male insects on the pirates' starship, they finally had to watch the pirates' starship start a space jump and disappear from their sight.

"Although this operation isn't highly confidential," within the Federation, senior officials who already knew the entire situation were discussing countermeasures, "this situation should never have occurred!"

A male insect, especially one who has gone through layers of tests and stepped onto the battlefield, would never fall into the hands of space pirates so easily.

There must be some problem here.

The Empire, which had once again gone to war with the Federation, immediately distanced itself from the incident. While they held a grudge against the Federation, they also looked down on pirates. Just kidding, pirates were all desperate criminals, scum who had betrayed their own country.

"So besides that female Zerg..." In the huge conference room, the black-haired male Zerg took over the conversation from the blond male next to him, "most likely other Zerg species in the Federation also helped these pirates."

This matter is a complete humiliation for the Federation, a naked humiliation. It must be thoroughly investigated! It must be thoroughly investigated!

"Go check!" They turned to look at the senior female Zerg officer sitting on equal footing with them in the conference room and asked in unison, "Who are the other Federation Zerg participating in this operation?"

"Everyone?" the white-haired senior female insect officer asked at this time, "Without any restrictions on rank or gender?"

"Everyone! Don't worry about their identities. If anything goes wrong, I'll take care of it!" The blond male insect stared at the table with a gloomy expression. "Also, we must not believe the Empire's one-sided story. How do we know if they are causing trouble?! We have to investigate that side as well!"

"I understand." The white-haired female insect nodded seriously.

…

As one of the people being discussed, Arisa's vision was now completely dark.

To prevent him from breaking through his current level after being stimulated, he was locked in a small transparent cabin filled with nutrient solution containing anesthetic ingredients.

Therefore, Arisa can neither use her spiritual sea to transmit her location to the Federation in real time, nor can she smash these things that are in the way by herself.

He closed his eyes tightly and thought urgently about how to solve the situation.

He had a special relationship with Wilson, the female insect who kidnapped him at a critical moment, otherwise he would not have asked the other party to protect him on the battlefield.

But at this moment, he did not feel the anger of being betrayed by the close Zerg.

At this point, complaining or being angry would serve no purpose other than causing unnecessary emotional fluctuations. Whether the female insect's actions were driven by her most primal desire for the male insect, or whether the pirates had promised her enormous benefits that the Federation couldn't provide in the short term, was unimportant to Arisa.

Now there is only one question, how can he escape from here?

Although the pirates do not have enough weapons and combat power to compete with the Federation, it does not mean that they are strong-limbed idiots.

They must have known that kidnapping a male insect on the battlefield would mean that the pirates would be held captive by the Federation, but they still did it, which proves that there were greater interests behind this matter.

What is this benefit?

Are there other Zerg involved?

What are the motivations of the other Zerg?

But soon, Arisa was forced to interrupt his thoughts because the light above his head suddenly lit up.

The entire room, including the cabin he was in, was illuminated red.

The nutrient solution that covered his whole body began to be absorbed by the bottom of the cabin, and finally he fell into the cabin with his forehead bruised, but Arisa still had her eyes closed.

The narrow transparent cabin was opened, and at the moment when Arisa was about to fall out of the cabin due to inertia, he was enveloped by a familiar breath - it was Wilson.

The high-ranking female insect who betrayed him on the battlefield.

With a male Zerg's sluggish physique, subduing a female Zerg was simply a fantasy. Arisa understood this better than any other Zerg. Yet, in that instant, he exerted an immense mental surge, shattering even the transparent cabin and sending a piercing alarm blaring from within.

Arisa opened her eyes in surprise and looked at Wilson, who was still holding her tightly even though the corner of his lip was bleeding.

Female insects are incredibly strong, able to heal themselves even if a broken arm or vital bone wing is broken. However, their defenses regarding their spiritual seas are extremely weak, but this is limited to male insects they trust wholeheartedly.

What surprised Arisa was that his attack on Wilson's spiritual sea was successful. He even briefly saw the entire picture of Wilson's spiritual sea, but... why?

Why can he see the entire picture of Wilson's spiritual sea?

"Why would you betray the Federation?" Arisa asked. In just one sentence, the surprise in his eyes was hidden, as if it had never existed.

"I have not betrayed the Federation." Wilson answered, his attitude remained calm, as if he was just answering an insignificant question.

Arisa remained noncommittal.

In a sense, Wilson hadn't betrayed the Federation, as the other party had only kidnapped him, a male Zerg. But kidnapping a Zerg so vital to the Zerg, and then directly boarding the pirates' starship in full view of the public, was no different from betrayal.

Stealing important military secrets isn't the only thing that counts as betrayal.

Although Arisa had always wanted to treat Wilson with a normal attitude, she also reminded herself countless times to stay rational when seeing him.

But in fact it was really hard for him to stay rational, he was still angry enough to ask such a stupid question.

"Why did you choose to betray me?" So he persuaded himself in his heart and quickly changed the question, "What kind of deal did you reach with the pirates?"

The female insect, who had been calm just now, suddenly began to tremble all over, as if she had been greatly insulted.

After a long time, so long that Arisa thought Wilson would not answer her question, Wilson finally squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "I have never betrayed you."

——It’s very strange.

Arisa stared at the high-level female insect with silver hair and brown skin in front of her, feeling completely bewildered.

In his opinion, the crime of betraying the Federation was far greater than the crime of betraying himself. The normally calm female insect, with whom he had once promised to become his comrade, would likely be enraged by the former, but not the latter.

Besides, the focus of his words was clearly the second half. What he was really curious about was what kind of benefits and temptations the star pirates had used to make Wilson, a female insect who was too righteous, choose to betray the Federation.

What exactly does Wilson mean?

Is he trying to avoid the main issue, or is there really something else behind this matter?

"I didn't betray you," Wilson emphasized this again. Then he reached out and put a mechanical lock used to suppress mental power on Arisa's neck. "I will never betray you."

The sound of the mechanical lock clicking shut was unusually clear at this moment.

His words, which were completely inconsistent with his actions, made Arisa's anger overflow with her rationality at this moment - every male insect is precious, because from the moment they are born, the resources of the entire insect society are tilted towards them.

Arisa was able to not be corrupted by such circumstances and become a lazy idler waiting to die, but instead broke through layers of obstacles to gain the qualification to enter the battlefield, which meant that he hated the feeling of being controlled to follow a predetermined path.

He hated the feeling of being controlled by other Zerg even more than being betrayed.

Being locked in a transparent cabin? He could bear it, because he would get out sooner or later.

But now he has to be put in this damn mechanical lock?! He's not some interstellar pet!

"You didn't betray me?" Arisa pointed at the mechanical lock around her neck, even laughing at Wilson's behavior. "Then why did you kidnap me on the battlefield?"

Wilson didn't answer, his face remained expressionless. However, the fingers that had just fastened the mechanical lock for Arisa unconsciously retracted at this moment - but the movement was so slight that Arisa, who was furious, didn't notice it at all.

"You know exactly how much I want to prove myself!" Arisa said as she used her fingers to click the mechanical lock on her neck. "You know exactly how much effort I put into this!"

"You're even imprisoning me now! You're treating me like a toy!" Arisa knew she shouldn't provoke him at this moment, but the feeling on her neck clearly told her that she was completely imprisoned. "Wilson, I'm going to break your bone wings. I'm going to break every bone in your body!"

"Sorry, I thought you..." Wilson hesitated, then gently touched the mechanical lock on Arisa's neck with his hand, "You probably want to go out rather than stay here."

Arisa's identity was too special. Although he had made an agreement with the pirates to do things for them in exchange for the other female pirates not to attack Arisa, he did not believe that the pirates would take the agreement seriously.

Therefore, he brought this mechanical lock, a high-level mechanical lock that can suppress mental power. He also specially put those mechanical locks on his neck to test whether they would strangle his neck.

With this thing, Arisa can go wherever she wants on the starship with him.

With this thing, Arisa's male insect scent will be concealed, greatly reducing the chances of other female insects on the starship attacking Arisa out of instinct and desire.

But now he seems... screwed.

"You... definitely don't want to stay in this transparent cabin any longer, do you?" Wilson said as he picked up the struggling Arisa. "It's stuffy and uncomfortable in there."

He had been to the battlefield several times and had been in the medical cabin several times due to serious injuries, so he knew exactly what it felt like to lie in such a small space.

Arisa, who was about to continue to get angry, suddenly stopped talking because of Wilson's second half of the sentence. He thought he might be crazy, otherwise why would he think that Wilson's second half of the sentence was actually for his own good?

But Arisa still narrowed her eyes and asked in the same tone as before, which was obviously suppressing her anger: "Wilson, are you trying to threaten me now?"

Wilson didn't hesitate this time and reacted very quickly: "...I didn't!"